Summit Planning Committee Members

The planning team includes the following representatives from agriculture, the energy sector, and government:

Staff
Robin Hubbard, Summit Coordinator
Christine Watson Mikell, Local Coordinator

Regional Partners
Tracee Bentley, 25 x 25
Angela Damman, BBI International
Paula Fronk, Western Area Power Administration
Susan Innis, Western Resource Advocates
Larry Flowers, Wind Powering America

State Leaders
AZ: Amanda Ormond, Interwest Energy Alliance
CO: John Covert (CWL), Tony Frank (RMFU), Landon Gates (CO Farm Bureau)
KS: Jim Ploger, KS Energy Office
NV: Peter Konesky, NV State Office of Energy
UT: Sarah Wright, Utah Clean Energy
WY: Ed Werner

Local Host Committee Members

Dr. Laura Nelson, Governor Huntsman’s Energy Policy Advisor
Leonard Blackham, State Commissioner of Agriculture
Leland Hogan, Utah Farm Bureau 
Ruby Ward, Utah State University Ag Extension
Richard Carrig, USDA Rural Development State Director
Barbara Carey, Resource Conservation & Development Council
Sarah Wright, Utah Clean Energy
Bruce Adams, San Juan County Commissioner
Carl & Conley Hansen, Utah State University
Jason Berry, Utah State Energy Program
Cathy Hartman and Edwin Stafford, Renewable Energy for Rural Economic Development, College of Business, Utah State University